6 month & 2 year/5 month Updates

Here are recent updates on the boys.

Corbin is having a small language explosion. He is coming up with sentences out of the blue finally, without being prompted. It's not finely tuned yet, but he's getting there.

We are working on a few things with him. First and foremost, we are working on getting him to have a more diverse palate. So, we serve him what we are having for dinner, along with one or two items that we know he will eat. It is going well. He has tried a freeze dried green bean, a baby carrot, and grilled turkey and cheese sandwiches in the past week. Here is photographic evidence of the green bean awakening:



He has also been whining for what he wants at times instead of asking for them. I think that he is regressing because he sees the babies crying & then I tend to them. So, he expects the same. Today, I held my ground & coached him along & it went much better. He asked for a drink, to go downstairs & for specific foods when he needed/wanted them.

He continues to love letters and numbers. He can count to 100, but only under very specific circumstances. He has to see the numbers in front of him. We use the back cover of the Chicka Chicka 1-2-3 book & he points to them as he says them. Sometimes, he gets lazy, though, and when he gets into a sequence, he will start cutting them short. Here is an example: "59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 69...70!"

Here he is on an average day, organizing letters:



Now, on to the twins!



They had their 6 month appointments last Friday. The pediatrician said she is no longer worried about their physical development. She was concerned on previous visits about Jamie's muscle tone being slightly weak. but, no more! She said he is strong & will probably be the first to sit independently.



Cameron weighs 14 lbs 10 oz and is 25 inches long. He is mostly in the 25th percentile. His head circumference is 17 1/2". He is growing along his curve just like he should be.



Jameson is 16 lbs 6 oz and is 26 inches long. He is 25th to 50th percentile. His head circumference is 17 1/4". We were surprised to hear that his head was smaller than Cam's. Since he has the rounder face, it gives the illusion that his head is larger, but that is not so.

Jamie got his 4th tooth (the second central incisor on the top)a couple of days ago. So, even though his brother was the one born with the natal tooth, he has sprouted them more quickly since birth.



We are working on getting them out of our bed at night when they wake up. It isn't easy, because we tend to feed them in our sleep, so we kind of forget.

Jamie has slept through the night for the past 4 nights. Cameron is still waking twice. It has been nice to have fewer wake-ups at night. Can't wait for the day when Cameron doesn't need the wake-ups anymore. Right now, he still will down a good 8-10 oz overnight.